Famous African American Poems

By: Ms. Abramson's 5 Grade Class

February-March 2006

To celebrate black history month 5th graders in Ms. Abramson 's class did a research project, each profiling a famous African American. Once their research was complete, they wrote a poem about their person.

Note: Photographs have been removed from student's original poems due to copyright restrictions.

Marian Anderson Martin Luther King Colin Powell Sarah Walker
James Beckwourth Thurgood Marshall Jackie Robinson Booker T. Washington
Fredrick Douglass Jan E. Matzeliger Paul Robeson Tiger Woods
Langston Hughes Jesse Owens Bessie Smith  
Matthew Henson Rosa Parks Sojourner Truth  
Michael Jordan Bill Pickett Harriet Tubman